Log-carrier



T. N. JORDAN.

(No Model.)

LOG CARRIER.

Patented Aug. 5, 1890;

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UNITED STATES:

THOMAS nonnnnr JORDAN, OF MOBILE, ALABAMA.

PATENT QFFICE.

Loo-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 433,627, dated August 5, 1890. Application filed May 24, 1890. Serial No. 353,082. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS NORBERT J OR- DAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mobile, in the county of Mobile and State of Alabama, have invented a new and useful Log-Carrier, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to overhead railways for carrying logs; and among the objects in view are to provide a cheap and simple road and suitable trolleys or suspension -hangers for movement thereon, and means for suspending the logs in slings from the trolleys and for connecting said slings to said trolleys.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of an overhead railway constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section. Fig. 3 isa detail in perspective of one of the trolley or suspension arms.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

I 11 constructing the road I provide a series of vertical posts 1 of suitable height, to the upper ends of which are secured laterallyprojecting horizontal arms or beams 2, braced to the posts by means of diagonal braces 3, the upper ends of which are bolted to the beams and the lower ends of which are bolted to the posts near their lower ends. The posts 1 may be set in holes in the ground, or, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, may be secured to sleepers, provided the nature of the soil is such as to not aiford a proper support for the posts when set in holes.

Upon the outer ends of the arms 2 is secured the rail 4, which forms the track, and said rail may be of any of the ordinary styles, in this instance the common T-rail being employed.

Mounted upon the rail l is a pair, or it may be a series of pairs,oftrolley-wheels 5, through which are passed bearing-bolts 6, which bolts pass through the upper ends of trolley or suspension arms 7, said arms being bent upon themselves at said upper ends, so as to straddle the trolley-wheels. The central portions of the arms are provided with an offset 8, so

as to clear the flange or base of the rail, and at their lower ends are provided with openings 0,in which there is loosely hung a double hook 10. Connected to the free ends of the hooks 10 are chains or cables 11, adapted to form a sling for the log 12, the free ends of said cables being provided with double hooks 13. Above the double hooks 10 there is formed in the arms openings 1st, in which there is mounted a swiveled L-shaped key or rod 15, the L portions being journaled in the openings, and beyond the inner faces of the arms being provided with notches adapted to receive and form a support for the hooks 13, and upon their sides opposite the notches being convex or curved,as at 16,so that when the hooks are in position in the notches the keys hang vertically, and by a half-rotation of the keys, so as to throw their handle ends up the con vexed portion of the keys, are brought in contact with the hooks 13 and serve to liberate the same and drop the log.

It is apparent that aseries of trolleys may be connected, and by reason of the ease with which they may be drawn one horse may serve to haul the same from the point of cutting to where it is desired to ship the logs. After being released thelogs may be skidded in the usual manner to the cars or boats.

It is' apparent that any ordinary engine may be employed for operating the trolleys in lieu of the horse-power.

From the above construction it will be apparent thatI have provided a cheap and economical manner of transmitting the logs and for suspending the same upon the trolleys.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. The combination, with an overhead railway, of a pair of trolley-wheels mounted thereon, a pair of suspension-hangers or trolley-arms bent at their upper ends to embrace the wheels, bearing-bolts passed through the Wheels and arms, double hooks loosely connected to the lower ends of the arms, cables or chains connected to the hooks, and a pair of L-shaped keys swiveled in the arms above the hooks, the inner L ends of the keys being notched upon their upper sides to receive the hooks at the free ends of the cables or chains and opposite said notches upon their under sides curved or convexed, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination, with an overhead railway, of trolley-Wheels mounted thereon, suspension-hangers or trolley-arms, hooks loosely connected to the lower ends of the arms, cables or chains connected to the hooks, and a pair of L-shaped keys sWiveled in the arms above the hooks, the inner L ends of the keys being notched upon their upper sides to receive the hooks at the free ends of the cables or chains and opposite said notches upon their under sides curved or convexed, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 15 my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS NORBERT JORDAN.

Witnesses:

W. G. COLLINS, J NO. D. KENNEY. 

